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Khoo Zi Yang

2×2 · top 0.55% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022YANG40

Khoo Zi Yang has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.00, set at USM Penang Cube 2026, puts him in the top 0.55% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in Malaysia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since December 2022, he has put 1,421 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.17 in December 2022 to 7.79, a 57% improvement. Khoo has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.55% of 186,767 all-time
1.00
signature single · USM Penang Cube 2026
1,421
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMalaysia
2×21.001.89
top 0.55%8 / 2,541
Clock3.133.94
top 0.95%3 / 406
Skewb2.013.73
top 1.4%16 / 1,053
Pyraminx2.473.20
top 2.1%33 / 1,723
3×37.799.54
top 2.4%105 / 3,773
Megaminx43.5654.49
top 2.6%18 / 518
4×430.1234.39
top 2.9%44 / 1,219
5×556.541:05.11
top 4.0%34 / 617
3×3 one-handed14.4019.36
top 6.9%99 / 1,327
Square-112.2114.63
top 10.3%45 / 364
6×62:03.522:15.26
top 12.5%44 / 232
7×73:46.984:01.77
top 26.1%66 / 188

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Malaysia Cube Championship 2022: 18.17Penang Cube Open 2022: 16.67Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 2023: 14.07STEM Cube Open Penang 2023: 11.28Kedah Cube Open 2023: 11.34Penang Cube Masters 2023: 9.96USM Penang Cube 2024: 9.18Kuala Lumpur Cubing Challenge 2024: 8.72Warm Up at gateway klia2 2024: 10.47Kedah Cube Open 2024: 7.95Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 9.64Penang Cube Masters 2024: 8.40gateway KLIA2 Cube Open 2025: 10.05One Shamelin Cube Open 2025: 8.83Penang Mini Cube 2025: 8.28Kedah Cube Open 2025: 8.89Malaysia Cube Championship 2025: 7.87Penang Cube Masters 2025: 9.84Robinson Lifestyle Suvarnabhumi Cube Battle 2025: 7.79Gelugor Cube Carnival 2025: 8.78XMUM Cube Open 2026: 8.86USM Penang Cube 2026: 9.001 Shamelin Cube Open 2026: 8.03Don't Sleep In Pelita Sungai Dua 2026: 11.98Paradise Place Thailand Cube Open 2026: 8.697.7918.179 Dec 202228 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 Clock single — 239 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.01 away.

Targets move as he improves.